How do you handle "disable your adblock" type sites?
How do you handle "disable your adblock" type sites?
I know, I know, the wisest thing to do is to abandon them, but today I came across a site that I simply couldn't bypass because it always blocked me with an extremely stupid "disable your adblock" video, that infuriated me so much... I would 100% migrate to torrents if I didn't find such unique catalogs on these sites.
It's not an improvement over the previous meme but I take any chance I get to post this image
It's such the best meme, and a thing that so many people need to see at every opportunity so keep posting it.
99% of the time, unless there's something I'm convinced I can only get there and I really need it.
First check the archive sites.
Report it on ublock origins github, gets fixed pretty quickly from my experience
yeah i've never seen a nag i couldn't get around with element picker or custom filter. even the youtube injected ads only lasted a few days.
I handle them by realising that whatever they have, it's not worth disabling the blocker for, so fuck them.
Ublock > block element
I go to element picker and then I just delete the thing.
If it doesn't fix the issue and let me scroll or whatever, then I just leave. If it works, then great.
Block third party scripts and third party frames.
Works wonders every time.
I avoid the site.
Yeah I literally just close the tab. Same if anything comes up with a paywall or login or weird capcha thing. Just like "ah fuck this" and move on lol.
I try and use the right click>inspect, and just delete stuff and see what happens
Thanks, but what about when a website doesn't let you do this? More than once I've seen websites that literally disable the right mouse click, is there a shortcut for this?
Do not allow the website to replace the contextual menu, that is a browser setting (extensions can change/block it too). F12 is the shortcut to get to the page editor by the way.
F12
Ctrl+Shift+i should bring up the inspection panel. It won't be for the specific element, but it should have a button to get an element picker.
In desktop Firefox, Ctrl+Shift+C lets you click on an element and inspect it. Then, just press the Delete key. Page scripts can't block this. On mobile, you have to rely on adding more filter lists.
I hit the X
Go to uBO's dashboard, disable scripts, reload. Or just set browser to Reader Mode. Somehow, works over 75% of the time.
The back button
If they deserve it (e.g. 404media) I'll drop it. Else it's abandoned.
This is the way.
If they're a shit website, I'm a lot more spiteful and put their content on the way back machine or post it publicly somewhere.
With more adblock (filter lists).
Most the sites that have that 'feature' usually have a link that says " Continue without disabling adblock" but if I can't find that I use the next site in my search.
I close the tab.
Many sites work best with NoScript because the anti AdBlock is done by JavaScript.
(Of course that doesn't always work, but when it does, great.)
If you’re using uBO, then you don’t need NoScript. uBO is a media blocker, not an ad blocker, so it is capable of blocking JavaScript per site or globally.
90% close it, bye 10% try archive.is if it doesn't work, bye
You close the tab, and block the domain completely
I use uMatrix (uBlock's big brother), so sites that do this generally lose first-party JS privileges real fast.
How have I not heard of this before? Just added to my browsers. Thanks!
Well, if it's not something I really want to see, I just close it. If I do want to see it, then:
- if I'm on my laptop, I open dev tools and remove the element blocking other interaction
- if I'm on my phone or the above doesn't work on laptop, I open an anonymous window, disable adblock, read/watch/whatever the content, enable adblock, close anonymous window
I do and same for other kinds of annoyances, like the recent trend of "pay us or give us consent to mine your data".
If it's something I really want and using crypt(dot)cc or whatever it is with the captcha like puzzles with the alien like creatures, I disable and make sure to re-enable when done. Otherwise I go away.
For other sites, if I cannot element destroy it and see the content, I'm outta there as fast as a deadbeat who just found out his girlfriend is pregnant.
If I know the information isn't available anywhere else and I really need it, I use a temporary unrestricted browser profile.
Otherwise, Ctrl+w it is.
I usually switch to reader mode if uBlock Origin doesn't do the trick
Surprised nobody's mentioned this: https://reek.github.io/anti-adblock-killer/
Me surprised too, just another boring comment section as if it were reddit. It should be enough when UO gets mentioned once and the other comments' threads specialize on alternatives e.g. AdGuard Desktop, user scripts, etc. Oh yeah jokes/memes are most important so that stuff gets the most upvotes, another reddit style classic.
Haven’t seen anyone mention this, but a lot of the times if you’re quick you can just click reader mode and the whole page loads.
Usually, I’m on mobile, so either reader mode or Hide Distracting Items.
The rest of the time, I just find another source.
Block scripts, using whatever you want to use. I use Brave (queue criticism)
queue criticism
It's cue.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cue
a signal (such as a word, phrase, or bit of stage business) to a performer to begin a specific speech or action
That last line is your cue to exit the stage.
I assume you were requesting a critique on your comment.
It's funny that without actually spotting the mistake I just read it as the op expecting multiple criticisms to and basically telling people bringing them to get in line.
I think they may be British, and want those who wish to criticize to for a queue
Maybe they were suggesting that those that are criticizing are welcome but should be orderly and take turns?
Search for the headline on a search engine and read the article elsewhere. Usually these news sites just copy and paste the article and slap a different website name on it.
Big sites have caught onto this unfortunately, but sometimes switching to reader mode is a quick bypass. Putting the link in archive.is usually works, that's what I do if it's urgent local news (eg when my state is flooded or frozen or perhaps on fire)
https://12ft.io/ is faster than archive.is and doesn't actually archive the page. In cases where you just want to read it and don't want to waste server space on it, it's maybe a better option.
Thanks for the tip! That's definitely a better option as I do kinda feel I'm taking advantage of the archive service sometimes.
The fire is quickly approaching your house. Your spouse is collecting the belongings/kids and asks you to check where is safe to go. You see an article published 1 minute ago from your local news with up to date information. You wouldn't disable your ad block in this situation, and instead would still use
archive.is?Disable the ad block, wait for all of the ads to load so the text stops jumping around like a crack-addled wallaby, accept the cookie notice, try to hit the tiny X to close the inevitable video overlay with shaking fingers, try to hit the tiny X to close the ad overlay, too, decline signing up for email alerts, decide whether to accept notifications, and then read the article one sentence at a time while scrolling past ads.
Maybe your local news sites aren't as insane as mine?
OK lol maybe urgent is the wrong word. "Important" or "time-sensitive", ig. Not something I'm cool with just closing the window and forgetting about.
Also I forgot this isn't normal but I somehow fucked my phone up so bad when installing AdAway that I get an error when I try to disable it. That's probably important context.
I guess rethinking the browser metaphor could help.
Like who tells you that ads couldnt just be displayed on an invisible popup window? Or a second screen?
Those sites generally detect if you dont load certain content. So I guess cosmetic filtering (downloading but not displaying) could already help
I like this idea. It reminds me (a little) of adnauseam.
NoScript
I create a ublock filter. Out of interest, what exotic media are you trying to find specifically that requires using those sites?
YouTube I have been able to clear cache and start the free trial again.
I like to open them in either its own browser or a virtual machines browser. One that wipes it's cache/tracking/etc each time you exit. Its not great but at least it sandboxes it a bit in an area not connected to any of my other data
I usually try searching for alternatives via Yandex
On iOS, Wipr 2 blocks ads AND overrides “disable your adblocker” things (and autoplaying videos, cookie shit, and tons of other stuff)